Summary of FFD Program Performance Reports for 1998

Since the fitness-for-duty (FFD) rule (10 CFR Part 26) was published, licensees have submitted program performance reports to the NRC as required by 10 CFR 26.71(d). In the past, the NRC published a summary and analysis of calendar year data submitted by the licensees in an annual volume of NUREG/CR-5758, "Fitness for Duty in the Nuclear Power Industry - Annual Summary of Program Performance Reports." The tables below provide the information for calendar year 1998 and summarize date from 1990 to 1998.

*Subsection 73 of 10 CFR Part 26 requires reporting units to provide the NRC with information on significant FFD events, such as events involving licensed operators and supervisors, and on controlled substances found in the protected area of the plant.

Table 9 - Trends in testing by test type (1990-1998)

Type of Test

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Total

Pre-Access

Number

122,491

104,508

104,842

91,471

80,217

79,305

81,041

84,320

69,146

817,341

Number

1,548

983

1,110

952

977

1,122

1,132

1,096

822

9,742

Percent

1.26%

0.94%

1.06%

1.04%

1.22%

1.41%

1.40%

1.30%

1.19%

1.19%

Random

Number

148,743

153,818

156,730

146,605

78,391

66,791

62,307

60,829

56,969

931,183

Number

550

510

461

341

223

180

202

172

157

2,796

Percent

0.37%

0.33%

0.29%

0.23%

0.28%

0.27%

0.32%

0.28%

0.28%

0.30%

For-Cause

Number

732

727

696

751

758

763

848

722

720

6,717

Number

214

167

178

163

122

139

138

149

100

1,370

Percent

29.23%

22.97%

25.57%

21.70%

16.09%

18.22%

16.27%

20.64%

13.89%

20.40%

Follow-Up

Number

2,633

3,544

4,283

4,139

3,875

3,262

3,262

3,296

2,863

31,157

Number

65

62

69

56

50

35

40

31

43

451

Percent

2.47%

1.75%

1.61%

1.35%

1.29%

1.07%

1.23%

0.94%

1.50%

1.45%

Other

Number

3,610

3,228

4,998

2,511

2,125

2,778

2,082

1,928

1,929

25,189

Number

32

22

59

36

22

55

37

36

32

331

Percent

0.89%

0.68%

1.18%

1.43%

1.04%

1.98%

1.78%

1.87%

1.66%

1.31%

TOTAL

Number

278,209

265,825

271,549

245,477

165,366

152,899

149,540

151,095

131,627

1,811,587

Number

2,409

1,744

1,877

1,548

1,394

1,531

1,549

1,484

1,154

14,690

Percent

0.87%

0.66%

0.69%

0.63%

0.84%

1.00%

1.04%

0.98%

0.88%

0.81%

TOTAL without OTHER Category

Number

274,599

262,597

266,551

242,966

163,241

150,121

147,458

149,167

129,698

1,786,398

Number

2,377

1,722

1,818

1,512

1,372

1,476

1,512

1,448

1,122

14,359

Percent

0.87%

0.66%

0.68%

0.62%

0.84%

0.98%

1.03%

0.97%

0.87%

0.80%

Table 10 - Trends in substances identified (1990-1998)

Substance

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Marijuana

1,153

746

953

781

739

819

868

842

606

Cocaine

706

549

470

369

344

374

352

336

269

Alcohol

452

401

427

357

251

265

281

262

212

Amphetamines

69

31

31

51

54

61

53

49

46

Opiates

45

24

8

13

11

17

14

39

19

Phencyclidine

8

11

4

5

1

7

2

0

1

Total*

2,433

1,762

1,893

1,576

1,400

1,543

1,570

1,528

1,153

* These totals do not equal the total number of positives for each year due to positives for multiple substances and other substances than those listed above.